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This is all fine and well, but only FSM approved lists matter.
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Jun 27, 2024 - 2:23 PM
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Night
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But I'm surprised Steve Reich beats out Philip Glass. And where is Arvo Pärt? Isn't he, like, the most-performed living classical composer?
Steve Reich is generally considered to be the greatest living composer (at least greatest living American composer): "The American composer and critic Kyle Gann has said that Reich "may ... be considered, by general acclamation, America's greatest living composer" (though Philip Glass and John Adams are sometimes spoken about in a similar way too). Reich's acclamation is above that of Glass, which may help explain why he ranked more highly in this poll.
Yes, but Pärt wasn't popular among the 174 composers that they asked, only two composers voted for Pärt (while three composers voted for Bernard Herrmann, and John Williams), the same number of people who voted for Ennio Morricone, Elliot Goldenthal, and Jerry Goldsmith. Remember, it was only a list of top 5 greatest composers, not 100.
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That isn't a proper list. It is more like a who's who. And living composers. What do they know!
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I would have included Duke Ellington.
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I was surprised to see Tchaikovsky so far down the list.
I'm not. The station doesn't play his music much.
He doesnt seem very "in" there.
And the only time they play Morricone is silva rerecording of The mission.
If Steve Reich had 2 older brothers, would he be the third Reich? 
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Just shows how much those composers know.
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Sep 20, 2024 - 12:37 AM
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Thor
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Yes, but Pärt wasn't popular among the 174 composers that they asked, only two composers voted for Pärt (while three composers voted for Bernard Herrmann, and John Williams), the same number of people who voted for Ennio Morricone, Elliot Goldenthal, and Jerry Goldsmith. Remember, it was only a list of top 5 greatest composers, not 100.
I think maybe Williams and Pärt are too "pop" for the composers asked. These two continually battle for the most-performed living composer in the world (I believe Williams was ahead of Pärt in 2023, whereas Pärt was ahead of Williams lin 2022....2024 remains to be seen.). That's fine - a subjective poll like this doesn't have to be representative of the actual situation in the world, but it's an interesting observation nonetheless.
https://www.classicfm.com/composers/williams/most-performed-living-composer-2023/
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They're no different than fsmers. There were asked for their top 5 ony and came up with that list. 
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